Jordan (left) and Jimmy (right) holding a pair of sneakers at the Canvas Project Pop-Up Shop Entrepreneur, Jimmy Sherwood and his Canvas Project team collaborated with the Tallahassee APB Store to host their first annual pop-up shop held on Jan. 19 through Jan. 21. The APB Store has multiple […]
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A provisional family of autoworkers face adversity in Detroit in ‘Skeleton Crew’ (review)
Essential Theatre performing Skeleton Crew Photo credit: Sydne Vigille […]
FAMU’s Essential Theatre will open spring semester with Skeleton Crew
Essential Theatre performing Skeleton Crew Photo credit: Sydne Vigille Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Essential Theatre will host their first production of the spring semester, Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morissseau, between Jan. 24 and Jan. 28 in the Charles Winter Wood Theatre. Directed by Chris Berry, Skeleton Crew is […]
Golf organization offers minority representation
Women of Color Golf is a non-profit organization founded in 2014 in Tampa. After three years of operation, WOCG has exposed over 350 minority women and girls to the fundamentals of golf in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Washington, D.C. Clemmie C. Perry, founder and executive director of Women of […]
Lights, camera, action: Tally Shorts Film Festival is back
Photo Courtesy of the Tally Shorts Film Festival Facebook Page A unique independent cinema experience showcasing short films is heading back to the capital city. The sixth annual Tally Shorts Film Festival offers an array of short films to the North Florida region comprised of a two-day celebration. The festival […]
Dare to Dream Festival celebrates MLK’s legacy
Tallahassee residents celebrated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday with its sixth annual MLK Dare to Dream Festival at Cascades Park on Monday, Jan. 15. According to The Martin Luther King Dare to Dream Association, Inc. the event was held to “allow the community to gather in fellowship to […]
Volunteers plant trees in Apalachee Regional Park on Arbor Day
Over 100 volunteers, Leon County Government and the city of Tallahassee workers gathered to plant more than 165 native trees in celebration of Arbor Day on Saturday, Jan. 20. Volunteers gathered at Leon County’s Apalachee Regional Park, located at 7550 Apalachee Parkway, to increase the number of trees in the […]
FAMU Muslim Student Association welcomes students to Islamic culture
Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Muslim Student Association (MSA) is an organization founded on a core principle of Islam – peace. With an open general body meeting held on Friday, Jan. 19, MSA wanted students to feel welcomed to the practices of Muslims. MSA seeks to inform students at FAMU […]
Only a revolution will forge the way to change: An Evening with Angela Davis
Angela Davis speaking to the crowd in Ruby Diamond Concert Hall Photo credit: JonMichael Francis The 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. week celebration continued triumphantly in Tallahassee as the Big Bend welcomed Angela Davis. The event, An Evening with Angela Davis, was held at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall […]
Racist advertisement draws backlash
Racist advertising? A coincidence? Poor marketing and advertising practices? What was the goal? You have to be under a rock if you haven’t heard of the recent scandal involving H&M’s. The company listed a jacket on its website stating “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” on a young black boy. Of […]